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Edmonton Outdoor Club - Volunteers
Officers and Administrators
Mark G: Director, Event Coordinator
Ryan M: Director, Event Coordinator
Susan D: Director, Event Coordinator
Sandie: Volunteer and Training Coordinator, Event Coordinator
Donna: Treasurer, Event Coordinator
Rhonda S (Hoover): Sponsorship Officer, Webmaster, and Event Coordinator
Mae B: Secretary, Event Coordinator
LarryL: Photo Historian
See our Job Descriptions for more information. | Event Coordinators | Brent S (Polé Polé)
Christine T
Dave
Jeff S
Narmin
| Paul
Peter McC
Shirley
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We are always looking for Event Coordinators. If you think you may be interested, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Mark G at volunteer@edmontonoutdoorclub.com. |
|  | Director
Event Coordinator
Mark G
| Attracted to the EOC by the variety of activities and the desire to try cross-country ski trips, Mark joined the EOC in February 2007. Born and raised in Edmonton, he has spent many years skiing and cycling in the Alberta Rockies, as well as Edmonton’s extensive North Saskatchewan River Valley Park System.
Mark has completed three bike trips from Jasper to Banff along the scenic Highway 93. Currently he enjoys: downhill skiing, xc-skiing, hiking, scrambling, snowshoeing, cycling, backpacking, geocaching, partying, team building, dog sledding, wine tasting, rollerblading, canoeing, camping, et cetera.....ing. Look for possible caving expeditions in Alberta’s caves, and dog sled adventures.
Mark’s can always be counted on to be dependable, prepared, and possesses a strong sense of direction. His priority on any event is to have fun and stay safe. He loves to explore new trails and tap the group’s knowledge to improve on his planned trip itinerary. Mark will always make an effort to ensure each participant feels included and comes away with a positive experience.
As member of the EOC's team of Directors, Mark's role is to:
- Facilitate teamwork
- Spearhead the planning and decision making activities for the club
- Assist with member issues
- Answer inquiries sent to directors@edmontonoutdoorclub.com
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Mark G. |
|  | Director
Event Coordinator
Ryan M
| Born and raised near a small town in rural Eastern Ontario, Ryan moved to Edmonton in January 2005 for his
doctoral studies at the U of A. On his week-days, he studies plant genetics and development, particularly of flax plants. Away from the hallowed halls of academia, Ryan maintains his sanity by seeking new adventures. He loves to hike, ski, and loves to try new activities all the time.
Ryan joined the EOC in October 2006, and started coordinating events for the EOC at the end of 2007. In the winter months, he particularly looks forward to taking his cross-country skis out on the trail - so look for a few cross-country skiing events. In the summer months,
he enjoys practically any opportunity to explore the mountains, and organizes some beginner-level backpacking trips. He also enjoys organizing and participating in all kinds of other activities: look for visits to museums, visits to some of Edmonton's summer festivals, BBQ's, and maybe the odd urban hike.
As member of the EOC's team of Directors, Ryan's role is to:
- Facilitate teamwork
- Spearhead the planning and decision making activities for the club
- Assist with member issues
- Answer inquiries sent to directors@edmontonoutdoorclub.com
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Ryan M. |
|  | Director
Event Coordinator
Susan D
| Susan is originally from Belleville, Ont. After the last 25+ years living and working in many communities across Canada she arrived in Edmonton in June 2007, joining the EOC in Nov. 2007. After taking part in several EOC events she decided to help out as an event coorinator.
Susan works for the City of Edmonton, in Neighbourhood and Community Development, as a Community Recreation Coordinator. Susan enjoys a variety of outdoor activities including canoeing, cycling, hiking, and backpacking.
As member of the EOC's team of Directors, Susan's role is to:
- Facilitate teamwork
- Spearhead the planning and decision making activities for the club
- Assist with member issues
- Answer inquiries sent to directors@edmontonoutdoorclub.com
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Susan D. |
|  | Volunteer and Training Coordinator
Event Coordinator
Sandie
| Sandie has lived in and around Calgary all her life until November 2006 when her company relocated her to Edmonton. She was a member of the Calgary Outdoor Club for a couple of years and knew she had to join the EOC.
When she is not working and participating with the EOC events, she is involved with the social committee at work – needless to say she likes meeting new people and getting involved in social activities. Also she enjoys traveling abroad and has been to Greece, Denmark, and France – hopefully within the few years or so, she will get to Italy.
Sandie’s outdoor events will involve mostly moderate paced hikes within Edmonton and the nearby provincial/national parks and snowshoeing, along with some indoor social events such as laser tag.
Sandie has also coordinated numerous events with the EOC and is happy to be taking on the role of the Volunteer Coordinator and helping members contribute to the club by becoming new Event Coordinators. Please do not hesitate to contact her to learn how to become an EOC Event Coordinator!
As Volunteer and Training Coordinator, Sandie is responsible for:
- Recruiting event coordinators.
- Training and coaching event coordinators.
- Answering event coordinators' questions.
- Monitoring events to ensure proper procedure is being followed.
- Following up with inactive coordinators to ensure that the volunteer page stays current and up-to-date.
- Answering inquiries sent to volunteer@edmontonoutdoorclub.com
If you are interested in coordinating for the Edmonton Outdoor Club, review our Coordinator Checklist, and then contact Sandie at
volunteer@edmontonoutdoorclub.com
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Sandie. |
|  | Treasurer
Event Coordinator
Donna
| Donna has lived in Edmonton since 1981. She moved here when she graduated from university. Her outdoor interests are
hiking, canoeing, cross country skiing, biking, camping, backpacking, and some astronomy. She was involved in Scouting for the
last 13 years, but now her youngest son has quit, so she set out to find a group of people to camp and enjoy the outdoors with.
This is what led her to the Edmonton Outdoor Club. She has been involved with the Girl Guides for nearly 40 years now,
but her group does not get outdoors as often as she would like.
Donna enjoys being a math and physics teacher, but admits that the best times of my life were summer jobs where she worked in
remote areas of Northern Canada where she would not set foot in a building for 3 months. Donna's dream vacation is spending
the summer with a group of people who are all keen to paddle the North Saskatchewan River from Rocky Mountain House to
Hudson's Bay. Expected travel time is 3-4 months.
Donna is not a fairweather camper, having lived outdoors for 3 months at a time and done some winter camping, her tolerance
for
bad weather is quite high, so her trips will go rain or shine. She loves to hike in the River Valley and does many urban
hikes, but she will also organize canoeing and white water rafting trips.
Donna is the club's Treasurer. Her role is to:
- Manage club finances, including receiving member payments for events and voluntary donations, and making event payments to service providers
- Manage club PayPal account
- Pay club expense payments, such as web hosting, etc.
- Manage the club budget
- Answer e-mail inquiries sent to treasurer@edmontonoutdoorclub.com
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Donna. |
|  | Sponsorship Officer
Webmaster
and Event Coordinator
Rhonda S (Hoover)
| Rhonda is a software developer and is actually from Calgary. She has
been a volunteer with the COC since 2003. In summer 2008, she started
splitting her time between there and Edmonton and started coordinating
events for EOC in February 2009.
Due to asthma, Rhonda is a slow (but enthusiastic) hiker and cyclist. Her cycling events are always at a slower pace (approx 16km/hour average), but aren't necessarily "easy" - she's willing to do the hills and distance, just more slowly. Rhonda
hikes year-round with snow shoeing and x-c ski events supplementing
the winter hiking schedule. Do note, however, that she is a fair
weather hiker and in the event of yukky weather will either move a
hike to a different location (if the weather's nicer somewhere else),
or cancel/reschedule the hike if it's yukky everywhere. When in the
mountains during bear season, Rhonda is a "hike nazi", keeping her
hikers in tight groups of six or more for safety.
As the Sponsorship Officer, Rhonda's role is to:
- Enter and maintain data pertaining to EOC sponsors (sponsor information, banner ad schedules, sponsored events, event data feeds to media partners).
- Answer e-mail inquiries sent to partners@edmontonoutdoorclub.com
As the Webmaster, Rhonda is responsible for:
- Updating pages on web site
- Updating web site options for site formatting and functioning
- Updating announcements on club home page
- Creating and updating club e-mail addresses/forwarders
- Answering e-mail inquiries sent to webmaster@edmontonoutdoorclub.com
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Rhonda S (Hoover). |
|  | Secretary
Event Coordinator
Mae B
| Mae was raised in both Scotland and Ontario. She moved 'out west' in '79 and has become a true Albertan ever since. Her backpacking travel destinations have included New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Fiji, USA, Scotland, England, France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Greece, Holland, Denmark, in fact too many to mention. Mae would like to organize a group of explorers to go to Machu Picchu in the near future.
"Outside? Did someone say outside?" ... well that is where you will usually find Mae. She gravitates to mountains, enjoys hiking, scrambling, cycling, camping, skiing, golfing, geocaching, dancing, music festivals, and has been known to successfully jump out of 49 perfectly good airplanes.
Mae has been a very active member of the EOC since its first year and is enthusiastic about meeting new people and seeing this club meet its maximum potential. Let's get outside and have some fun people!!
As Secretary, Mae's role is to:
- Take notes at volunteer meetings
- Type up meeting minutes and email to all volunteers
- Post minutes in volunteer section of EOC Forum
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Mae B. |
|  | Photo Historian
LarryL
| As Photo Historian, Larry's role is to:
- Receive photos from event attendees
- Review all event photos, selecting which ones to post in the photo album
- Crop and enhance photos
- Upload photos to Fotki service
- Manage photo albums in Fotki
- Select photos to include on the slide show (on the EOC Home Page)
- Select photos for photo contest
- Answering e-mail inquiries sent to photos@edmontonoutdoorclub.com
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by LarryL. |
|  | Event Coordinator
Brent S (Polé Polé)
| Brent is originally from the Vancouver area but has been in Alberta
for a long time, moving originally to Bonnyville and then Edmonton,
where he now works as an electrician for a small general contractor.
A few years ago, after not being on a bicycle for many many years, a
friend talked him into cycling across Canada, and if you let him,
Brent would be more than happy to show you the 30-minute film his
friend made of their adventure. Brent has been an avid cycler ever
since, but prefers a leisurely pace.
As he has some good friends in Calgary, Brent joined the COC
in summer of 2007 and did a couple of hikes with them including the
East Coast Trail in Newfoundland with their volunteer "Legendary Ed",
but really got into that club, and the EOC in early 2009. Road (and
path) cycling is his main outdoor interest and he coordinates mainly
cycling events but he is also interested in hiking and snow shoeing
(which he does a lot with the COC).
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Brent S (Polé Polé). |
|  | Event Coordinator
Christine T
| Christine is an architectural technologist originally from Terrace, BC, but has lived in all the western provinces. She moved to Edmonton in December of 2002. After looking to join a local hiking group in 2007 a friend told her about the Edmonton Outdoor Club.
She loves biking, skiing, canoeing, hiking, camping and other activities like volunteering, photography, road trips, movies, concerts and lectures. She also enjoys traveling and has been to Thailand, Haiti, Great Britain and throughout the United States and Canada.
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Christine T. |
|  | Event Coordinator
Dave
| Dave was born and raised as an Edmontonian and is very happy to stay in the area. He enjoys cheering for the local sports teams and being a proud citizen of the capital region.
Dave joined the Edmonton Outdoor Club in the fall of 2008, it has been such a great opportunity to get outside and explore the vast network of parks and trails in and around Edmonton.
Dave enjoys meeting other club members. The EOC is such a friendly environment for like minded people to come together and share their passion for the outdoors.
Currently Dave enjoys hiking in the mountains, urban hikes, skating, and cycling.
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Dave. |
|  | Event Coordinator
Jeff S
| Jeff was born and raised in Calgary. He now lives in Vegreville with his wife and is adjusting to small town life after living in
Edmonton for the previous 8 years. He is a 2005 U of A graduate with a BA degree in French language and literature.
Jeff joined the EOC in March of 2006 but took several months before becoming fully active. He enjoys the philosophy behind the
EOC and believes this club to be a good vehicle for pursuing outdoor activities with other like-minded enthusiasts.
Look for Jeff to organize hikes, multi-day backpack trips, scrambles, and the occasional winter activity. He now prefers to enjoy
the journey rather than making record time. He tries to maintain a moderate pace on his trips and will go rain or shine but may
adjust his plans to suit the weather. Jeff is always open to exploring new areas and is never opposed to off-trail hiking or
exploration, especially if it involves a better view or bagging a summit. He has no problems with early morning starts to the
mountains and enjoys making the most of his time while there.
Jeff has enjoyed many trips to the Canadian Rockies and while living in Europe, on occasion enjoyed trips to European mountain
ranges. He enjoyed climbing Mt. Jebel Toubkal, at 4167m; this is the highest mountain he has climbed to date. He has several
favourite hikes and scrambles: Little Yoho Valley and Skoki for scrambles and several favourite day and multi-day hiking trails in
each of the Rocky Mountain parks.
When not on a trail or mountain, Jeff enjoys researching and reading other people’s stories of mountain adventure. He is an avid
runner and enjoys participating in races, and still believes the marathon to be the best race out there. He enjoys watching hockey
and movies, playing sports, and spending time with his wife. Jeff is goal orientated and very ambitious when it comes to the
outdoors. He hopes to meet many people on his events.
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Jeff S. |
|  | Event Coordinator
Narmin
| Narmin (pronounced Nar-meen or Nar-mean depending on how often you mispronounce her name!) is often the blur you see
zipping by as you go about your daily business. She has a Type A personality, which results in her living life to the fullest and
filling every moment with some sort of activity. When she's not at work, you can usually find Narmin doing something active (rock
climbing or trying to master aerial skills on the trapeze), spoiling her two nephews, seeing the world, or volunteering for a good
cause.
Narmin was born in British Columbia but has lived in Edmonton since she was a toddler. Her B.C. roots are pretty evident when
you get into a political discussion (despite living in Alberta almost her entire life, she's still a bleeding-heart Liberal about most
things).
Up until about four years ago, you likely would have only seen Narmin in the Great Outdoors because her sense of direction
failed her yet again, thereby leading her right out of the city. Thankfully, Narmin discovered her passion for travel and after hiking
dormant volcanoes in New Zealand she decided she'd better take advantage of the opportunities in her own backyard.
Narmin looks forward to seeing you at her climbing, spelunking (caving) and aerial skills (trapeze) events and also at her social
events, including live theatre, pottery classes and enjoying Edmonton's many and varied festivals.
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Narmin. |
|  | Event Coordinator
Paul
| Paul is originally from Edmonton and has been a firefighter with the City of Edmonton for the past 21 years. He enjoys backpacking, windsurfing, rollerblading and x-country skiing. He likes how the EOC brings people together to enjoy the great outdoors.
He has travelled extensively in Europe, Asia and Africa and has visited Nepal 3 times for backpacking trips. More recently, he has focused more on the Canadian Rockies and has spent the last 9 years on extended hikes through Willmore Wilderness Park.
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Paul. |
|  | Event Coordinator
Peter McC
| Peter came from Ottawa 25 years ago, and used to hike and camp in the Gatineau Hills and Algonquin Park when he was a kid. He did canoe trips from Ottawa to Kingston as a teenager - flat water but interesting. Ontario has lots of great scenery and nice trails, but not a lot of elevation.
As a hobby Peter used to run, then went into the pool when his feet and knees started to go. He now swims and teaches aquafit classes at the Don Wheaton ‘Y’ and the Trileisure Centre in Spruce Grove. Give him half a chance, and Peter will spend hours selling you on the virtues of water for rehabilitation and fitness.
As a coordinator with the EOC, Peter tries to cover a wide variety of events aimed at different fitness levels. He enjoys long hikes at a good pace – if it’s posted as ‘difficult’ that usually means ‘fast’ - but he also has a fondness for gentler nature walks at the small recreational areas outside the city. In addition, look for hiking trips to the mountains – Grande Cache is a personal favourite, but he has a list of hike’s he wants to do in Jasper, too. Do you have an idea for a hike or other event? Peter likes to try new things and go new places – send him a note with your ideas.
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Peter McC. |
|  | Event Coordinator
Shirley
| Shirley is originally from Victoria, BC, but has lived all over Canada. She arrived in Edmonton in March 2006, after a 5 year
stint in St. John’s, NL. She joined the newly formed EOC shortly thereafter and has enjoyed discovering Edmonton and
surrounding areas through EOC events ever since.
Despite the fact that she gets paid to go hiking and fly around in helicopters, it's still not enough of the outdoors for Shirley. She
has to go tromping through the woods on her own time as well, trusty mutt at her side........or rather off in the woods somewhere
within barking distance.
Shirley’s outdoor events involve dog-friendly hikes, snowshoeing and geocaching, while her indoor events involve food, music
and sometimes fine wine. She might even throw some camping or backpacking and trail rides into the mix this summer.
See Upcoming Events or Past Events being coordinated by Shirley. |
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